“Three people died as a result of the accident: these are three local residents - a 34-year-old man, his 62-year-old father and 52-year-old man,” the ministry said in a statement.
Four fishermen managed to escape.
Upon the fact of the incident, a procedural check has begun, investigators are working on the spot.
Earlier in the Ivanovo region, six fishermen and a child were evacuated from the ice floe.
The online publication "Susanin" also warned of the dangers of accessing ice on the ponds of Udmurtia.